Autumn's Game (Autumn Trent Series Book 1) by Mary Stone

Author:Mary Stone [Stone, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-13T22:00:00+00:00

17

The word “isolation” came to mind as the trees loomed around the SUV. If it hadn’t been for their GPS, Adam Latham would have become lost following the roads through the heavy trees and along the steep, winding roads. The sky was overcast and halfway between fog and a drizzle.

The weather matched his mood.

No. If there had been a tornado blasting over the area while an earthquake rumbled under his feet…that would have matched his mood.

He was furious.

But he could do nothing to soothe the anger boiling just beneath his skin. That would be later. He glanced at the redhead in the seat next to him, his fingers tightening on the steering wheel.

Now, he had to be cool. Calm. His natural, pleasant demeanor. He wouldn’t give little Autumn Trent or the bitch of a sheriff the satisfaction of knowing they had gotten under his skin.

The bitches.

It took an act of god for him to force his teeth apart and systematically relax each and every muscle. It took miles of deep breathing to calm his racing heart. To lower his internal temperature.

“There.”

His teeth gritted again as the single word floated through the cabin of the SUV. The long, slender finger pointing toward the destination he could clearly see on his own nearly sent him over the edge again.

Inhale deeply, Dr. Latham, he told himself. Later. You can exhale your fury later.

He slowed as he approached the house sitting to the right of the gravel road that was further jumbling his mood. Just like everything else in this hickass little town, the house was boring. Dull, flat gray with white trim, it possessed two stories with a wide, raised front porch. A matching three-car garage stood separate from the house. A side door led across a cement pad between the two structures. There were no other houses in visual distance, but turnoffs on the gravel road had indicated more than one neighbor within screaming distance.

Part of the mostly dirt driveway had been taped off with glistening yellow tape. The rest was already full of vehicles, including the medical examiner’s white extended-cab truck with windowless topper.

“This is it,” Autumn said. She sounded nervous. Good.

That had been his intention when he refrained from taking the bait at her attempt at conversation. That had been his intention each time he ignored the disapproving looks she gave him each time she glanced in his direction.

He knew what she was thinking. Every emotion she had ever felt crossed her pretty features the moment she was feeling them. She disapproved of his communication with the girl back at the foster home. Lisa.

But how in the hell was any of that his fault?

Truth be told, it was Autumn’s fault for reading too much into his friendly smile and attempts at conversation. What was wrong with asking if the girl was dating? In his mind, he was going to ask her next if she’d ever dated Kyle Murphy…but that investigative line of questioning had gotten shot down very quickly.

Then, Autumn lied about him needing to make a phone call to clearly get him out of the way.

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